Personal liberty requires economic liberty; when the latter is suppressed, the former can never manifest. Whether you’re more in the Orwell camp or the Huxley camp, the problem always begins with a healthy dose of collectivism or statism. Throughout the …

I decided to post this article by Barbara Kay on my blog, The Sovereign Patient, because we cannot operate in a healthcare vacuum. The nexus of progressive “social justice” ideologies being pushed by means of social coercion, political correctness, & …

Why would an industry support and bankroll an initiative to give more of their money to government?!? It turns out that the industry isn’t filled with masochists (like the neurotic trust fund leftistswho posture in favor of higher taxes). Instead, …

Originally posted on International Liberty: I’ve written several times about how dumping more money into government schools is not a recipe for improved education. Indeed, I would argue that this chart is the most powerful image I’ve ever seen. More…

Now that we have a final bill rather than a mere “agreement in principle,” let’s step back and consider some implications of tax reform. There are three reasons to be pleased and one reason to worry. https://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/the-win-win-win-loss-of-tax-reform/

Medicare’s Value-Based Payment Modifier Program, which was designed to improve value by paying doctors who perform better on measures of quality and spending, was a failure, and, in fact, likely exacerbated disparities in delivery, according to the study published in the Annals …